Word meanings
- aham
- I
- ātmā
- soul
- guḍākeśa
- Arjun, the conqueror of sleep
- sarva-bhūta
- of all living entities
- āśaya-sthitaḥ
- seated in the heart
- aham
- I
- ādiḥ
- the beginning
- ca
- and
- madhyam
- middle
- ca
- and
- bhūtānām
- of all beings
- antaḥ
- end
- eva
- even
- ca
- also
Translations
I am the Self, O Gudakesa, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all beings.
O Arjuna! I am the Self, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning, the life, and the end of them all.
O Gudakesa, I am the Self residing in the hearts of all beings, and I am the beginning, middle, and end of all beings.
हे नींदको जीतनेवाले अर्जुन ! सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके आदि, मध्य तथा अन्तमें भी मैं ही हूँ और प्राणियोंके अन्तःकरणमें आत्मरूपसे भी मैं ही स्थित हूँ।Commentary
O Gudakesa I am the soul (Pratyagatma) which exists in the hearts of all beings and I am also the source or origin, the middle or stay, and the end of all created beings. I am the birth, the life and the death of all beings. Meditate on Me as the innermost Self. Gudakesa means either coneror of sleep or thickhaired. He who is able to meditate on the Self with Abheda Bhavana (attitude of nonduality), is a alified aspirant (Adhikari) of the first class. He who is not able to meditate on the Self should think of the Lord in those things which are mentioned below.
This type of meditation is for the aspirants of the middle class.